Carmageddon
(US, California) The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.
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(US, California) The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway.
Outreach for Carmageddon earned Metro and Caltrans a Project of the Year award from the California Transportation Foundation, but the key mark of success had always been removing traffic from the Sepulveda Pass that July weekend.
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